THE DEMAND FOR DEVELOPING SKILLS: STRIKING THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS

THE DEMAND FOR DEVELOPING SKILLS: STRIKING THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS

18 June, 17:00–18:15

In an era when rapid changes in technology can dramatically impact the fortunes of a business, managers are increasingly concerned about attracting and nurturing highly skilled, adaptable talent. However, prospective employees often lack the required education and skills, and the time and resources spent on retraining staff can too often benefit competitors. How can more effective collaboration between public sector educators and business lead to an improvement in the skill base of employees? What approaches can assure that the ‘personnel demands’ of the future are correctly assessed, and education investments are made to best meet the needs of an economy, especially in the fast-moving hi-tech industries?


















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Key moments

You need to have business, you need to have public institutions coming together in an articulative policy that both will have to trust in.
Robert Swaak
A tsunami is coming and this is a tsunami of educational technology. When we look back ten or fifteen years from now, we’ll see a different planet.
Shiv Vikram Khemka